Top Five Reasons to Stage Your Home Professionally

If you are thinking about selling your house, staging is a great investment to sell faster for more money!

1. MAKE MORE MONEY
According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average staging investment is between 1 and 3 percent of the home's asking price.  But staging generates a return of 8-10 percent!

2. THE HOME WILL SELL FASTER = More Money, Less Stress
A National Association of Realtors survey found that the longer a home stays on the market, the further below list price it drops.  Homes that sold in the first 4 weeks averaged 1% more than the list price; 4-12 weeks averaged 5% less; 13-24 weeks averaged 6.4% less; and 24+ weeks averaged more than 10% less than list price.

3. YOUR LISTING WILL STAND OUT FROM COMPETITION
Over 90% of buyers, according to a NAR profile of buyers, are searching for homes online first before deciding to visit.  Homes today are being eliminated from the "must-see" list based on photographs from the internet.  Don't let this happen to your vacant or unstaged home.

4. ONLY 10% OF HOMEBUYERS CAN VISUALIZE THE POTENTIAL OF A HOME
That's why staging is critical!  You don't want the advantages of your home overlooked and left up to the buyer's imagination.

5. LEAVING YOUR HOUSE "AS-IS" CONDITION WILL ONLY HELP SELL THE COMPETITION
Right now the number of homes for sale on the market is at a record high.  Competition is stiff and buyers have very high expectations, as well as many choices.  Successful agents know that the key to competing is professional staging because it creates compelling online presentations, drives buyer traffic to the home, and turns prospects into buyers.